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E. E. PHINNEY.

AUTOMATIC CARRIAGE RAISING MEANS FOR CALCULATING; MACHINES- APPLICATION FILED APR. 8,1919.

PatenteII Mar. 30, 1920.

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E. E. PHINNEY. -AUTOMATIC CARRIAGE RAISING MEANS FOR CALCULATING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 8, I919.

mm Mar. 30', 1920.

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WVHV UNUWUHV O WO UHUMUWO UHVHV N I H H W W N W 66666666 said handle and the. shaft 8 1. Fig. 5' is a UNITED STATES PATENT orator EDGAR E. PHINNEY, OF WEST GRANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGf-HQR 'EO MUIEROE CALC U- LATING MACHINE COMPANY, OF ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, A CQISIFGRATION 033 NEW YORK.

AUTOMATIC CARRIAGE-RAISIN G MEANS FOR CALCULATING-MACHINES.

Specification t L tt Patented ar. so, 1920.

Application filed April 8, 1919. Serial No. 288,522.

new and useful Invention in Automatic Carriage-Raising Means for Calculating Machines; and I declare the following to he a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon,which fprni part of this specification.

The invention has relation to calculating 1 machines of the type shown in the U. S. reissue patent to Baldwin, No. 13,841 dated De ember 19 1l,--having for itsobject toprovide means to automatically raise the" hinged carriage and maintain it in raised po sition while the registering wheels-0r dials are being cleared or set back to zero positions. i

The invention consists inthe novel construction and combinations of parts, its hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings illustrat-- ing the invention, Figure 1 is a sectional view on theline 11, Fig. 2; Fig. 2 isa section on the line 2-2, Fig. 1.; Fig. 3 is a'detail side view of the driving connection between operating handle 8 and shaft 60, and Fig. 4 is a similar view of the connection between plan view of a calculating machine to which they invention is applied, a second position .of the carriage being indicated in dotted lines. p

In the drawings the numeral 2, designates an endwise 'shiftable carriage, pivoted in rear. at 3, said carriage .having mounted thereupon a series of registering dials 13, and a parallel series of registering'ifdials 85, the dials 13 carrying eachi'a gearjwheel 13 and the dials 85 each carrying a gear wheel 85'. c Between and parallel to the two series of registering dials 13 and 85 is located arod or bar l, having a series of ratlial projections 5', spaced apart from eachfother and normallyle'eated Without the path of movement of pins an of the registering dials, said bar having hearings in the carriage fromone side to the other toihring the pro JQCtlOIlS first within the path of movement of one series of wheels as 13, and as the bar is oppositely rocked, out of the path of movement of the pins of said dials and Withthat the bar-and its projections may he rocked in the path of movement of the pins of the other series of dials 85.

An operating device or handle 8 is carried by a rotary shaft 9, said shaft having drivmg connection with the shafts 69 and 84 of the registering dials, and being adapted upon movement of the crank handle in one direction to rotate one series of dials'sandi upon rotation of the handle in the opposite, direction to rotatethe other series of dials,

by suitable means, preferably that shown in dated. August 6, 1918.

The operating handle 8 stated, means are provided thereby automatically raise the carriage upon its pivot to disengage the gears 13 from the inter-- the U. S. patent to Ealdw'in, No. 1,275,119,.

tion 16, concentric with: its shaft and ofabout 270 degrees in extent,and inward ex tending ends 17, .17? forming a recess '18, wherein fits normally a rod 19,-located below shaft 15 and having suitable support in the The end -17 'of-the frame of the machine. cam is normally in contact with the rod 19,

being rotated as -mediate-gears12 and hold the carriage in and has a radial relation tothe cam, so that the carriage will be quickly and completely raised and the gears 13 and 12 instantly disengaged at the start of the rotation of a the crank handle 8, this instant disengagementof the gears being important as a pre J 'liniinaryto setting the dials 13-hack to zero,

The; crank handle being rotated onceconipletely, the carriage is lifted to the extent of the length of thecam end 17, the arcuate wall 16 of the cam then riding upon the rod 19 while the crank handle is heing rotated for about 270 degrees, which s1 iiices to set the rcgistei to zero. T 17 of the men hrought into engagement h the rod 19, being of other v er chordal relation to the cam will lower .ca *riage gradually to rest, with the rod nengaging the recess 18.

in the rotation of the cr ank handle in the opposite direction to clear the dials 8 it is not necessary that the 'caiiriage be raised pivotally, because these dials are freely rotatable *ersely, not needing to be disenh L 1 from any gears or other parts as a preliminary to the clearing thereof. Therefore the cam shaft is adapted to be rotated only during the rotation of the operating shaft 9 in one direction, or in clearing the dials 13, the rotation of the shaft '9 in the opposite dir ction to clear the dials 85 lieing without eiiect in rotating the cam shaft.

Referring back to the patent to Baldwin No. 1,275,119, above mentioned, means are provided whereby the shaft 60 of the dials 13 is rotat d i one direction to clear these di: s upon a." "n of the shaft 9 in one direction, and h1 1'8l)y upon rotation of the shaft 9 in the opposite direction, the shaft- 84 is rotated to clear the other set of dials, the shaft 60 remaining stationary during the rotation of the shaft 8i, this means consisting of two gears and 21 (10 and 11 of the patent) upon the shaft 9, said gears driving gears 22 and 23 (i2 and 14: of the patent) of the shafts and 84 and having respectively oppositely acting clutch connections with the shaft 9 including springpressed pins 9/1 and 25 and 16 of the patent) seated in the last named shaft and shoulders of the hubs of the gear wheels 20 and 21, said shoulders having inclined appreaches, all. as described in the patent. '1'. he cam shaft 15 in the present case is fast to the gear 20 of the shaft 9, and is therefore rotated only when the gear 20 is rotat d to clear the dials 13, remaining idle during the rotation of the other gear 21 to clear the dials ii claim:-

1. in a calculating machine, a series of gear wheels, an endwiseshiftable pivoted. carriage having a series of registering dials provided. each with a gear wheel in mesh with the respective first named gear wheels, means for setting the registering dials tozcro, and means cooperating with the Zerosetting means for automatically raising the carriage and holding it raised during the zero setting. 7

2. In a calculating machine, a series of gear wheels, an endwise shiitahle pivoted carriage having a series of registering dials provided each with a gearwheel in mesh with the respective first named gear wheel s, means for setting said registering di-als to zero, and means cooperating with the zerosetting means for automatically raising the carriage and holding it raised during the zero setting including a rotary cam on said carriage and a stationary member against which it bears.

In a calculating machine, a casing having a series of gear wheels, an endwise shift- --able pivoted carriage having a principal series of registering dials provided each with a gear wheel in mesh with the respective first named gear wheels, and a secondary series of registering dials, means including a shaft rotatable in one direction to set said principalse'ries of dials to zero and rotatable in the opposite direction t set said secondary series of dials to zero, and means cooperating with the zero-setmeans for automatically raising the carriage and holding it raised during the zero setting of the principal dials only.

" 4. In a calculating machine, a series of gear wheels,.an endwise shiftable pivoted carriage having a principal series of registering dials provided each with a gear wheel in mesh with the respective first named gear wheels, and a secondary series of registering dials, means for setting both series of dials to zero, and means cooperating with the zero setting means for raising the carriage upon its pivot and holding it raised during the zero setting of the principal dials only.

5. In a calculating machine, a series of gear wheels, an endwise shiftable pivoted carriage having a series of registering dials provided. each with a gear wheel in mesh 'ith the respective first named gear wheels, means for setting said registering dials to zero, and means cooperating with the zero setting means for automatically raising the carriage and holding it raised during the zero setting including a rotary cam having inwardly extending ends and a recess between said ends, and a stationary member against which said cam is adapted to bear fitting/in said recess.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

E. E. PHINNEY. \Vitnesses W. R. BAUM, GEORGE M. ANDERSON. 

